Words of Comfort
Where do you begin to find some comfort when loss, sorrow and grief have suddenly crossed your path, when you have become a member of the community of the bereaved? There are no easy answers, but one may be to find some comfort and some consolation in words. This compilation of quotes by The Ithemba Foundation's founder Professor Lizette Rabe will hopefully help you to navigate your way in this strange new land you find yourself in, in this unchartered territory of sorrow and loss.
Professor Rabe regards herself as a fellow searcher in this new and bewildering territory of grief and loss. An avid reader all her life, when loss and grief struck her and her family, she sought to gain some understanding by reading even more. This compilation is a result of some of the words she encountered in the search for comfort and consolation.
Cost: R150, plus courier costs.
Please contact info@ithembafoundation.org.za for orders.
Hope – Consolation for the Inconsolable
Hope – Consolation for the Inconsolable (R175, plus delivery) may also help you work through your loss and sorrow over losing a loved one, specifically to suicide. (Please note, only the English version is still available.)
Please contact info@ithembafoundation.org.za to order your copy.
Blue Fairy – A story with a beginning and an ending that begins again
by Lizette Rabe
Blue Fairy (R225, plus delivery) has a message for children – but also for adults – on the importance of caring for one another as human beings. The central theme is hope – hope that we should care better for each other, for animal and plant life, and also for our planet. Blue Fairy has an easy to follow narrative with many likeable characters, with whom children will identify. It is also available in an Afrikaans version – Blou Feetjie – ’n Storie met ’n begin en ’n einde wat weer begin. All proceeds to go to The Ithemba Foundation.
Please contact info@ithembafoundation.org.za to order your copy.
Naledi, child of stars, and our first stories
by Lizette Rabe
Naledi, child of stars (R225, plus delivery) follows Naledi and her Gogo, as they set off on a journey of discovery around the planet in search of what people call religion and what gives life meaning. This is a book for reading, thinking, cutting and pasting, drawing and sketching, about the world’s religions, philosophies and convictions – and how to make the world a better place for all its children.
Please contact info@ithembafoundation.org.za to order your copy. All proceeds to go to The Ithemba Foundation.
